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ChoicePoint has agreed to pay $15 million in fines and consumer redress to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights and federal laws, the agency announced today. The federal government lent a hand to PC users last week, pulling the rug out from a California-based spyware operation. A spyware operation has settled a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint in the US that it deceptively downloaded unwanted and malicious software onto users' computers. Adware maker Zango doesn't comply with the terms of a November settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), security researchers claim.
A computer forensics firm in the US has settled charges by the country's trade watchdog Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for failing to protect private customer data, including that of IT security professionals, when hackers hijacked its network last year. The U.S. State Department said Tuesday that it is investigating "anomalies" in its unclassified computer system, according to reports by major wire services. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the identities of about 26,000 employees and contractors may have been compromised by the illegal hijacking of the agency’s computer systems earlier this month. Internet service providers’ anti-spam technologies are now capable of blocking the vast majority of spam sent to their email servers, according to a new study released today by the Federal Trade Commission. Microsoft, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Consumer Action, a public watchdog and education group, have launched a campaign aimed at helping consumers prevent their computers from getting turned into zombies. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has scheduled a two-day workshop to discuss trends in authentication that can help curb identity theft. About 3 percent of the nation’s households were victims of identity theft during a six-month period in 2004, losing about $3.2 billion to fraudsters, the U.S. Justice Department announced Sunday. An internet marketing agency will pay $900,000 – the largest penalty of its kind - to the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly violating the CAN-SPAM Act. Online incidents accounted for nearly half of all consumer fraud complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2005, the agency said in a report released this week. Americans are winning the battle against spam email, the Federal Trade Commission said this week. Microsoft announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against a spyware distributor, one day after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the company was shut down by a U.S. District Court judge. The Federal Trade Commission has charged two internet marketers with violating the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act. A U.S. individual faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of aiding and abetting the sending of spam containing graphic pornographic images. The nation’s consumer watchdog announced today that it has halted two spyware operations – one of which was forced to pay more than $4 million. Two alleged Washington State spammers have settled charges of mass-spamming filed against them by the Federal Trade Commission. The federal government has found an entertaining way to teach consumers about online fraud.